List of Islamic State articles
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iran Iran’s Islamic State Problem Isn’t Going Away
Tehran's military adventurism in the Arab world is finally creating blowback on Iranian soil.
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President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Masoud Barzani poses for a portrait at the presidential palace at Masif, Iraqi Kurdistan on 12 June 2016 (Campbell MacDiarmid) ‘I Want to Die in the Shadow of the Flag of an Independent Kurdistan’
President Masoud Barzani plans to hold a referendum to declare a sovereign Kurdish state. But will Iraq — and the United States — allow it to happen?
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Armed police officers walk past newly installed barriers on London Bridge in London on June 8, 2017 following the June 3 terror attack that targeted members of the public on London Bridge and Borough Market. / AFP PHOTO / Paul ELLIS (Photo credit should read PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) Can Britain Still Keep Calm and Carry On?
With a government in crisis facing an increasingly dangerous terrorist threat, new options are on the table that could erode society’s resistance to further attacks.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May ,participate in a joint press conference at the East Room of the White House January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Prime Minister May is on a visit to the White House and had a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office with President Trump. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) The U.S. and U.K. Have the Same Affliction: A Crisis at the Top
Political trends in the United States and United Kingdom often mirror each other.
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Evacuees from Marawi City camp rest at the Saguiaran Townhall in Lanao del Sur on the southern island of Mindanao on June 5, 2017. Efforts to rescue up to 2,000 civilians trapped in fighting between government forces and Islamist militants in a Philippine city failed on June 4 when a proposed truce ended in a hail of gunfire and explosions, authorities and witnesses said. / AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) Duterte’s War on Terror Also Looks Like a War on Civilians
The Philippines’ unbridled war on terror looks uncomfortably like its war on drugs.
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Iraqi soldiers display a captured flag of the Islamic State in the Hamam al-Alil area, about 14 kilometres from the southern outskirts of Mosul, on November 7, 2016 after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists during the ongoing operation to retake Mosul. Iraqi forces retook a key town from the Islamic State group, a crucial objective on the southern front of the offensive to wrest back the city of Mosul. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) Germany Just Nabbed the Islamic State’s ‘Europe Correspondent’
A Syrian man allegedly cultivated sources and fact-checked reports on behalf of an ISIS-linked newswire.
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An undercover Iranian policeman (L) holds a weapon outside the Iranian parliament in the capital Tehran on June 7, 2017 during an attack on the complex. The Islamic State group claimed its first attacks in Iran as gunmen and suicide bombers killed at least five people in twin assaults on parliament and the tomb of the country's revolutionary founder in Tehran. / AFP PHOTO / FARS NEWS / Omid VAHABZADEH (Photo credit should read OMID VAHABZADEH/AFP/Getty Images) What the Islamic State Wants in Attacking Iran
With a spectacular and bloody assault in central Tehran, the Sunni jihadi group is fanning the flames of a sectarian war.
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TEHRAN, IRAN - JUNE 7: A child is lowered from a window in the Iranian parliament building following an attack on June 7, 2017 in Tehran, Iran. An assault on the parliament building is now reportedly over following hours of audible gunfire. (Photo by Omid Vahabzadeh/Getty Images) Islamic State Attacks in Iran Leave 12 Dead, Over 40 Injured
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack likely to deepen the rifts in a region already reeling from a divisive week.
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syria1 The United States Is Getting Dragged Into the Fight for Syria’s South
America's allies find themselves trapped between the Islamic State and pro-Assad militias -- and the only thing keeping them safe is U.S. airstrikes.
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A fighter of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, looks with binoculars as he sits next to anti-tank weapons in the village of Sabah al-Khayr on the northern outskirts of Deir Ezzor as they drive to encircle the Islamic State (IS) group bastion of Raqa on February 21, 2017. The SDF made a major incursion into the oil-rich province of Deir Ezzor as part of their push for Raqa, field commander Dejwar Khabat said. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Bombs Iranian Militia in Syria, As Fight For Raqqa Begins
Iran and U.S. edge closer to direct conflict in proxy fight in Syria.
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Members of the Yazidi minority search for clues on February 3, 2015, that might lead them to missing relatives in the remains of people killed by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, a day after Kurdish forces discovered a mass grave near the Iraqi village of Sinuni, in the northwestern Sinjar area. A peshmerga lieutenant colonel said the grave containing the remains of about 25 people was found during a search for explosives that IS often leaves behind, posing a threat to security forces and civilians even after they withdraw. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) The Battle to Unearth Iraq’s Mass Graves
Thousands of Yazidis slaughtered by the Islamic State are awaiting exhumation. But a row between Baghdad and Erbil has left them in the ground for more than a year.
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US-made armoured vehicles drive down a road in western Mosul's al-Rifai neighbourhood on May 31, 2017 after it was retaken by government forces during their ongoing battle against Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images) Could ISIS Have Been Averted?
Different choices by the Obama administration could have made it harder for the Islamic State to become as powerful as it did.
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US President Donald Trump departs after delivering a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, April 6, 2017. Trump ordered a massive military strike against a Syria Thursday in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack they blame on President Bashar al-Assad. A US official said 59 precision guided missiles hit Shayrat Airfield in Syria, where Washington believes Tuesday's deadly attack was launched. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s ‘Secret Plan’ to Defeat ISIS Looks a Lot Like Obama’s
That's okay — so long as he sticks with it.
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WEST POINT, NY - MAY 27: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis greets West Point graduates at the conclusion of the U.S. Military Academy Class of 2017 graduation ceremony at Michie Stadium on May 27, 2017 in West Point, New York. Secretary Mattis addressed the 950 graduating cadets during the ceremony. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) SitRep: Mattis Lays Out Familiar Plan; Trump’s Generals Vs. Tillerson; Kushner in Hotseat
Big Missile Defense Test; Iranian Militias Making Their Move; North Korea Launches Another One
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trager The Cynical Conspiracy War on Egypt’s Christians
The Muslim Brotherhood isn’t behind the callous mass murder of Copts, but it’s certainly fanning the flames of hatred.
